Scotland has just over 5 million inhabitants, but an increasingly diverse population. In a move to assure that no one is left behind in health care, the government has financed a plan to translate a National Health Service guide into 17 languages.
“The online video and DVD aims to put all patients at the ‘heart of the NHS’ and offers advice on GPs, dentists, opticians and pharmacists.
It is hoped that thousands of people, including new migrants, people whose first language is not English and people with low literacy, will benefit from the service…
The advice will be available in Arabic, Bengali, British Sign Language, Cantonese, English, Farsi, French, Gaelic, Korean, Kurdish Sorani, Mandarin, Polish, Punjabi, Somali, Tigrinya, Turkish and Urdu.”
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from Management in Practice, February 25th, 2010)
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